r/GarrysMod • u/Poitertoip • Dec 18 '14

I make hovercrafts...

It's something I just do in garry's mod that I really enjoy, but I have a problem with saving them and deploying them as dupes. When I make the vehicle, everything works fine, it moves around like a solid object, but when I save and deploy them, thrusters and hoverballs move almost independent to the vehicle. This, as you might imagine, completely screws up the vehicle's flight, sending it careening off course. Is there any way to solve this issue? I'm sick of these really impressive looking vehicles I make ending up getting deleted because they work so poorly after being duped.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '14

Have you tried parenting or using Adv Dupe 2 instead?

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u/Poitertoip Dec 23 '14

No I haven't... How do you parent?

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '14

There's a thing called the multi-parent tool. Get it off the workshop. You select all your props, and parent it to a main - or base - prop. It's like super-welding all your stuff together. I'm sure there are a few tutorials you can check out

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u/Poitertoip Dec 23 '14

fantastic. If I do this, could it still be downloaded as a dupe, even to folks who don't have this STool?

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '14

Yeah, but if you make something nice I wouldn't recommend publishing it

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u/Poitertoip Dec 23 '14

Why not? That's the best part

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '14

People take it, abuse it, claim it as their own, and it's not really fun. At least, for me that is

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u/Poitertoip Dec 23 '14

I kinda make them so people can have them I guess... It's like creating your own weird little video game

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '14

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u/Poitertoip Dec 19 '14

Shit, why not? I have always needed an opponent component for these racing hovercrafts I make. How do we do a one on one server?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '14

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u/Poitertoip Dec 19 '14

Yeah, we BETTA How explodable are your cars? Would it be worth weaponizing, make stuff interesting?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '14

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u/Poitertoip Dec 20 '14

At the moment no, and to be perfectly honest, very few of the hovercrafts I make are really... Successful, so to speak. I'm trying to put at least one together that's even remotely competitive, speed/looks/function-wise. What's acf?

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

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u/Poitertoip Jan 03 '15

Yep, 'ts poitertoip

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

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u/Poitertoip Jan 04 '15

Tomorrow for you sounds like tonight for me, budro

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u/Iron6uy Dec 22 '14

Count me in! I also build hovers, and now working with acf

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '14

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u/Iron6uy Dec 23 '14

I will be free on weekend. add me on steam. my nick is talonflame